Ferrari was able to go aggressive again in the F1 AbuDhabiGP with its engine after finding a solution to its earlier reliability problems. Here is how Ferrari overcame its power unit frailties. ⬇️
’s fiery exit in Austria – had prompted the need to turn things down a bit while a solution was put in place.But it has since emerged that Ferrari was able to go aggressive again in Abu Dhabi with its 066/7 engine with the team believing it had found the solution to those earlier reliability problems.
This was the latest evolution of the TJI combustion system that Mahle had made available to Ferrari in 2016, and which had allowed the team to close the power gap toIn the six years since, enormous strides were made in the development of a system that has been optimised for the latest generation of power units that were homologated to be frozen until the end of the 2025 season.
Only 2-3% of the fuel is injected into the pre-combustion chamber, the rest spreads over the piston surface. The mixture inside the “cap” is particularly rich, while the combustion agent in the chamber is leaner, with more air than fuel.The ignition of the spark plug reacts with the very rich mixture in the pre-chamber, and causes the creation of plasma jets through open holes in the cap.
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